12/12/2018 - 12:08
Representatives from countries around the world are meeting in Poland in a further attempt to steer decisive climate action. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the avenue through which global climate policy is negotiated. This 24th meeting of the parties (COP 24) is focussing on the follow up and implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Read more
12/12/2018 - 12:06
The Government's announcement in relation to the building of Hassans Centenary Terraces, 'is unashamedly a re-run of their previous press conference presented last year and a repeat of promises made to the electorate in their now mothballed Blue Waters Project,' says the GSD. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:22
The analysis of Mr Azopardi and the GSD Opposition of the Gibraltar Memoranda of Understanding can only be seen as a cheap and transparent attempt to confuse public opinion. Moreover, their view is legally flawed, politically wrong and totally unsustainable, says the Government's respose. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:21
Earlier, the GSD had said that the EU Withdrawal Agreement [“WA”] was a bad deal for Gibraltar, and that it allowed Spain a voice in our domestic affairs and a measure of control over these. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:19
A little reminder to refresh the memory of Spanish diplomacy: there was a time when King Juan Carlos told the British Ambassador in Madrid, Sir Richard Parsons, that it was not in Spain’s interest to recover Gibraltar in the near future … because King Hassan II will immediately reactivate his claim on Ceuta and Melilla." Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:06
The Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra received a standing ovation from the people of Gibraltar for their performance at the Gibraltar International Jazz Festival.
The superb 19-part band treated their audience including Deputy Chief Minister, Minister of Culture, Media & Sport and The Governor to a two-hour spectacular set of jazz classics at St Michael’s Cave. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:03
The position of the Government of Gibraltar has always been that the annual UN Consensus decision is contradictory and unacceptable. We have never supported it.
A Gibraltar Government statement adds: "It does not make sense for the United Kingdom to agree a Consensus wording that makes a reference to the 1984 Brussels Agreement, on the one hand, and then be committed at the same time to no discussion or negotiation of our sovereignty. Read more
10/12/2018 - 11:13
Speaking on BBC This Week, Mr Portillo said: “We have learnt that the EU is quite thuggish.
“And I hesitate to say that it is kind of almost mafia-like. But, I mean, it has held a gun to our head. How exactly that commends this organisation to us. Read more
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